Elegant Banquet Paintings

Japanese: 雅宴画 - がえんが
Elegant Banquet Paintings

…It means “a voluptuous banquet,” but is a term used to refer to a specific genre of art, and is translated as “elegant banquet painting.” The name was newly invented because Watteau’s work “Pilgrimage to Cythera,” which he submitted as a candidate for membership in the Academy, did not belong to any of the categories of the Academy at the time.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to "Elegant Banquet Paintings" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈艶(えん)なる宴〉の意であるが,特定の美術ジャンルをさして使われる語で,〈雅宴画〉などと訳される。ワトーがアカデミー会員候補作品として提出した作品《シテール(キュテラ)島の巡礼》が,当時のアカデミーのどの部門にも属さなかったため,この名称が新たに案出された。…

※「雅宴画」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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